Rete

Rete → to stay, to stop, to live

Rete → to stay
Stay here.
Rete la.

Stay in your room.
Rete nan chanm ou.

We'll be staying at the Hotel Pavillon.
N'ap rete nan Hotel Pavillon an.

Why do you stay by the telephone?  He's not going to call.
Poukisa ou rete bò telefòn nan?  Li p'ap rele w.

Rete → to stop
Stop the car.
Rete machin nan.

Stop it!
Rete non!

Be still!  or Sit quietly!  or Stop playing around!
Rete trankil!

Rete → to live, to reside
I live in Texas.
Mwen rete Texas.

Where do you live?
Ki kote ou rete?

Is this where you live?
Eske se la ou rete?

I'm living wih a Haitian family at this time.
Mwen rete avèk yon fanmi Ayisyen pou le moman.